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Scam 1992 Season 2 Announced, Hansal Mehta to Direct Scam 2003: The Curious Case of Abdul Karim Telgi

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After the stupendous success of Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story, director Hansal Mehta together with Applause Entertainment has introduced season two of the extremely in style present. The second season will present the story of Abdul Karim Telgi, the mastermind behind considered one of India’s most ingenious scams unfold throughout a number of states which shook all the nation within the 12 months 2003. Also Read – Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story Gets a Fan in Vikas Khanna, Chef Says ‘It’s a World-Class Show’ Mehta took to Twitter to make the announcement and say that he’s going to strive his finest to make this story as interesting as Scam 1992 that was spearheaded by Pratik Gandhi. While the solid of Scam 2003: The Curious Case of Abdul Karim Telgi is but to be revealed, the makers introduced that the story is being fleshed by Marathi author Kiran Yadnyopavit and creator Sanjay Singh. The present goes to be based mostly on Singh’s e-book titled ‘Reporter Ki Diary’ that entailed all the story of how the journalist-turned-author broke the information of the massive rip-off and adopted the lead. Also Read – From Scam 1992 To Sacred Games, Here is The List of Web Series Sequels We All Have Been Waiting For! Season 2 is presently within the pre-production stage and is getting ready for launch subsequent 12 months on the identical OTT platform. While saying the brand new season of the Scam sequence, the makers wrote, “The series promised to be an intriguing watch as it will capture the life of Abdul Karim Telgi, born in Khanapur in Karnataka. It is estimated that the scam value was allegedly around Rs 20,000 crores (sic).” Also Read – How Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story Changed Pratik Gandhi’s Life, Actor Says ‘Could Never Dream of This’

Makers of #Scam1992 Announce Season 2 as ‘Scam 2003: The Curious Case of Abdul Kareem Telgi’.Streaming 2022 on #SonyLiv #Scam2003 @nairsameer @deepaksegal @ManwaniYogesh @prasoon_garg @PriyaJhavar @mehtahansal @001Danish @saugatam @golu_a@SPNStudioNEXT @Indranil1601 pic.twitter.com/aVefcr3W7x— FILMISTAN (@FILMISTAN5) March 4, 2021 Who was Abdul Karim Telgi?Abdul Karim Telgi was convicted in one of many greatest recognized scams within the historical past of India referred to as ‘Stamp Paper Scam’. Telgi, who was initially concerned in making pretend passports began counterfeiting stamp paper in India. He reportedly used to promote the stamp papers to banks, insurance coverage corporations, and inventory brokerage corporations. On January 17, 2006, he was sentenced to 30 years of rigorous imprisonment. In the next 12 months, he was despatched to a different 13 years of imprisonment in a distinct side of the identical case. In 2008, a movie titled Mudrank (The Stamp) was being made on his life and all the rip-off, nevertheless, it was by no means launched after Telgi filed a case in opposition to the makers on the grounds that it would injury the authorized appeals in his case. In 2020, actor Rohit Roy starred in a web-series titled Paper through which he performed the function of Telgi. The sequence was launched on Ullu App.

Telgi died within the 12 months 2017 in Bengaluru after affected by meningitis.